// check if there's a winner
    // set winner to null
    $_win = NULL;
    // if there's a final score
    if ($_POST['away_final'] != '' && $_POST['home_final'] != '') {
        // check for a tie
        if ((int) $_POST['away_final'] == (int) $_POST['home_final']) {
            $_win = 'TIE';
        } elseif ((int) $_POST['away_final'] > (int) $_POST['home_final']) {
            $_win = $_POST['update_away_team'];
        } else {
            $_win = $_POST['update_home_team'];
        }
    }
    // update with new data
    $gameScore = $db->inputDataAway($_POST['game_id'], $_POST['area'], $_POST['game_date'], $_POST['game_time'], $_POST['update_away_team'], $_POST['update_home_team'], $_POST['facility'], $_win, $_POST['q1_away'], $_POST['q2_away'], $_POST['q3_away'], $_POST['q4_away'], $_POST['ot_away'], $_POST['q1_home'], $_POST['q2_home'], $_POST['q3_home'], $_POST['q4_home'], $_POST['ot_home'], $_POST['away_team'], $_POST['home_team'], $_POST['away_final'], $_POST['home_final']);
    // send back to page that called update
    header("Location: {$referer}");
} elseif (isset($_POST['add_game'])) {
    // i really don't know what this does
    $flag = "input";
    // get day of game
    $updated_day = $_POST['game_date'];
    // get the week of game
    $gameWeek = getGameWeek(str_replace("-", "/", $updated_day));
    // get the new game id request
    $getID = "SELECT CONVERT(SUBSTRING_INDEX(game_id,'_',-1),UNSIGNED INTEGER) AS num\n\t\t\t\tFROM schedule_2015\n\t\t\t\tWHERE week = '{$gameWeek}'\n\t\t\t\tORDER BY num DESC\n\t\t\t\tLIMIT 1;";
    // request the id
    $id = $db->getData($getID);
    // make new unique id
    $game_id = "wk" . $gameWeek . "_" . ($id[0]['num'] + 1);